Letter or bill file



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ALFRED COX, OF JULIUSTO'VVN, NEV JERSEY.

LETTER OR BILL FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,771, dated December24, 1889.

Application filed July 18, 1889. Serial No. 317,848. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED COX, a citizen of the United States, residingat J uliustown, in the county of Burlington and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Letter or BillFiles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and -to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specication.

The specialobject of the invention is to make a letter or bill file inwhich the bills or letters may be arranged in book form, each oneforming the leaf of abook. This will enable them to be turned and runover like the leaves of a book, so that the eye will quickly detect theone wanted.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of the tile with back andcovers; Fig. 2, a similar view of the back, and Fig. 3 a crosssection ofsaid back.

In the drawings, A represents a piece of sheet metal bent to the shapeof the back of a book, the edges of the sides and ends being preferablyturned over, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

B are three-sided rectangular wires, having their ends bent at a rightangle,so as to form thelatches C, which work in the spring-catches D,arranged on the inside of the back and a little below the edges of thesides.

The wires B are hinged in the turn-over loops a a, while thespring-catches D are bent at the ends, so as to go through the holes aain the back A and made sharp therea't in order to readily penetrate theletters or billsE, which are then arranged on the arms c. By pressing onthe ends of the spring-catches D the arms c may be lifted so as to put.a letter or bill on or take it otf. A cover of card-board may be usedon each side, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, so as to give the filethe exact form of the ordinary book. h/Iagazines may thus be filed withindex and cover, if desired.

I-Iaviug thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding ofmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by LettersPatent, is-

A letter or bill iile consisting of the back A, the three-sidedrectangular wires B,carrying the latches C, and the spring-catches I),arranged on the inside of back A, the said file being made with orwithout covers, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALFRED COX. Witnesses: AMOUR COX, STALEY C. SHIMEE.

